I don't think it's meant to be, be
But she loves her work more than she does me
And honestly, at twenty-three
I would probably love my work more than I did she
So we, ain't we
It's me, and her
But she loves her work more than she does me
And honestly, at twenty-three
I would probably love my work more than I did she
So we, ain't we
It's me, and her
'Cause what she prefers over me, is work
And that's, where we, differ
So I have to give her
Free, time, even if it hurts
So breathe, mami, it's deserved
You've been put on this earth to be
All you can be, like the reserves
And me? My time in the army, it's served
So I have to allow she, her, time to serve
The time's now for her
In time she'll mature
And maybe we, can be, we, again like we were
Finally, my time's too short to share
And to ask her now, it ain't fair
So yeah, she lost one
Lose one, let go to get one
Left one, lose some to win some (Oh yeah, she lost one)
Story of a champion, sorry I'm a champion
You lost one
And that's, where we, differ
So I have to give her
Free, time, even if it hurts
So breathe, mami, it's deserved
You've been put on this earth to be
All you can be, like the reserves
And me? My time in the army, it's served
So I have to allow she, her, time to serve
The time's now for her
In time she'll mature
And maybe we, can be, we, again like we were
Finally, my time's too short to share
And to ask her now, it ain't fair
So yeah, she lost one
Lose one, let go to get one
Left one, lose some to win some (Oh yeah, she lost one)
Story of a champion, sorry I'm a champion
You lost one
The second stanza is all aboutJay-z relationship with Beyoncé Knowles. He is trying to say that he wants to asks her to marry him but he don't think she will say yes. Jay-z is almost 40 and Beyonce is 23 so there is an age difference. Jay is saying that she is focused on her work and not their relationship. That's not a bad thing because when Jay was 23 he was the same way. "So we, ain't we It's me, and her' Cause what she prefers over me, is work And that's, where we, differ" means that he want to be with her but he cant because she like to work and make money. "So I have to give her Free, time, even if it hurts So breathe, mami, it's deserved" means that he understands that he has to let her do want she wants even if its not what he wants. In the lines "You've been put on this earth to be All you can be, like the reserves And me? My time in the army, it's served So I have to allow she, her, time to serve The time's now for her In time she'll mature" Jay is trying to say that she needs to do what she want when she is young just like he did. He already did his time soon she will, and then they can be together. Finaly Jay says that it would not be far to her to ask her to marry him. This song came out two years before they got married.
